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We Built a House Together
In Rebecca del Rio’s beautiful poem, “The Comfort of Questions,” she writes: We built a house together, one without a roof, All night it opened to dark, abundant emptiness– the questions without...
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Cultivating blossoms of soul growth
Much of the Center’s work revolves around seasonal metaphors, and we have chosen retreat centers to reflect the best that a season has to offer. For the longer, lighter summer days, we have space...
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Turning to wonder is one of the touchstones used to create safe space in our Circle of Trust® approach. The touchstone suggests that if you feel judgmental, or defensive, ask yourself, “I wonder what...
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Times of Transition and Letting Go
I am a high school Biology teacher at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, and I have completed three full Courage to Teach series, which have been invaluable to me personally and professionally....
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From Mess to Meaning: A Leader’s Journey
It was all “just too much!” There was too much overwhelm, too much grind, too much meaninglessness, depression, isolation and too much uncertainty that anything would ever change. In hindsight, it was...
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Asking Honest, Open Questions, Resisting the Need to Fix, & Letting the Light In
This past weekend, 22 Dinner Party hosts came together for our first-ever host retreat in Point Reyes Station, CA: a tiny town on the coast just north of San Francisco, replete with Douglas firs,...
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Creating Safe Space for Connecting Over Stories of Loss
Lennon Flowers had a lot on her plate. She is co-founder and Executive Director of The Dinner Party. It’s a new national organization forging community for people in their 20s and 30s to share their...
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A Weekend, a Mountain, and a Circle of Trust
The surgical fellow just two weeks shy of completing his nine-years of medical training sat across from me. His eyes vacant and looking down, he spoke in a detached way, as if describing someone other...
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Re-calibrating Your Teacher’s Heart
I’m not a big fan of going back to school. After months away from kids, I sometimes forget the gifts of my vocation and start to think that napping on the couch would be a really good way to spend the...
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Vocational Clarity in a Circle of Trust
At 9am on a Sunday morning, in front of a group of new acquaintances, I was shedding quiet tears. From a bluetoothed ipad, Cat Stevens sang ‘Morning has Broken’ as I regarded a carpet of tree collages...
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